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Day 189 - Casual Flights

Date: 9th July 2017
Location: Whalan Reserve, Australia
Conditions: Sunny, calm, 22C
Members: Paul K, John K, and GK

Introduction

Today was another casual flying day. We didn't have any experiments planned and so we flew a few rockets just for fun. We flew the Axion G6 at 210 psi and then decided to extend it by another spliced-quad and flew it again a couple more times. All flights landed well without damage. The boys also flew some of their rockets. Because of the calm conditions, Paul flew his lightweight Flygon on a D12-7 to around 1000 feet. John ended up chasing the rocket with a drone and got great footage of it coming down.

Overall a great day for flying rockets and we came home with all rockets recovered and in tact.

Here are some more photos from the day:

Flight Details

Launch Details
1
Rocket   Axion G6
Pressure   210psi
Nozzle   9mm
Water   1500mL
Flight Computer   STII - 5 sec
Payload   None
Altitude / Time   ? feet / ? s
Notes   Good straight flight, The parachute opened just after apogee, good landing..
2
Rocket   Axion G1
Pressure   200psi
Nozzle   9mm
Water   1900mL
Flight Computer   STII - 6 sec
Payload   None
Altitude / Time   ? feet / ? s
Notes   Good straight flight, The parachute opened just after apogee, good landing.
3
Rocket   Axion G1
Pressure   200psi
Nozzle   9mm
Water   1900mL
Flight Computer   STII - 6 sec
Payload   None
Altitude / Time   ? feet / ? s
Notes   Good straight flight, The parachute opened just after apogee, good landing.
4
Rocket   Flygon
Motor   D12-7
Payload   None
Altitude / Time   ?' / ? seconds
Notes   Good high flight, good landing
5
Rocket   Dust Devil
Motor   C6-5
Payload   None
Altitude / Time   ?' / ? seconds
Notes   Good launch, and good recovery. .
6
Rocket   FireFlight
Motor   B6-4
Payload   None
Altitude / Time   ?' / ? seconds
Notes   Good launch, and good recovery. .
7
Rocket   FireFlight
Motor   B6-4
Payload   None
Altitude / Time   ?' / ? seconds
Notes   Good launch, and good recovery. .